Sankhalim (Goa) A 17-year-old girl committed suicide by setting herself ablaze after her father refused to give her a mobile phone.

Vaishali Naik died due to burn injuries at Community Health Centre at Sankhalim, 45 kilometres away from here, on October 11. Police said that the girl was upset after her father refused to give her a mobile phone.

Bicholim police who have filed a case of unnatural death stated that the incident happened yesterday when she was alone at home after her father, Sharad Naik, had gone to drop the elder sister of the deceased to the college.

The girl set her on fire when mother had gone to take bath. When she came out, she found her daughter burning who tried to save her, police said.

She was later shifted to Community Health Centre at Sankhalim, where she breathed her last.